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Apple's announcement of customizable Siri AI voice expressiveness/pace plus improved dictation is corroborated by Apple's official newsroom and coverage from TechCrunch and Ars Technica on June 8, 2026.

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VERIFIEDBy Xavier Rivera· ·1 min read

Siri Gains Customizable Voice Expressiveness and Pace

Apple announced a brand new voice experience for Siri AI that lets users customize expressiveness and pace with sliders on supported devices. The update also brings a significant improvement to systemwide dictation accuracy, allowing natural speech to be captured as polished text with automatic formatting.

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Apple announces Siri AI updates giving users sliders to customize voice expressiveness and pace on devices running the advanced on-device model, while also improving dictation to handle punctuation and formatting in real time. Users gain more control over Siri's personality and can speak naturally with higher accuracy in text output.

Apple today announced that Siri AI will offer a "brand new voice experience," giving users the ability to customize how the voice assistant sounds.

Siri AI delivers more expressive voices on supported devices. On devices that support Apple's most advanced on-device model, Siri AI will deliver more expressive voices alongside a significant improvement to systemwide dictation accuracy. The update was announced by Apple on Monday, June 8, 2026.
Users will be able to adjust both the expressiveness and pace of Siri's voice to their preference via a new UI with sliders.

Users will be able to adjust both the expressiveness and pace of Siri's voice to their preference via a new UI with sliders.

Dictation engine captures polished text in real time. The updated dictation engine will capture speech as polished text, automatically handling capitalization, punctuation, and formatting in real time. Apple says improved speech understanding means users can speak naturally and trust that their words will appear accurately and as intended.
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As of developer beta 1, American is the sole voice option.
This marks the first time Siri offers direct, real-time voice personality adjustments.

Customization arrives through new interface controls. The new UI relies on sliders that let users fine-tune expressiveness and speaking pace on the fly. This marks the first time Siri offers direct, real-time voice personality adjustments.
The changes apply only to devices running Apple's most advanced on-device Siri model. Apple has not detailed which specific hardware will support the features at launch.
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